Posted tagged ‘hybrid’

Most people think of two types of mobile applications: the mobile web and native applications. The mobile web is obviously web sites that are optimized for mobile devices, like feature phones, smartphones, and now media tablets. Their strength is that many developers are fluent in web-based development languages and tools. Their weakness is you don’t have access to most hardware features (camera, accelerometer, sensors, etc.). Native applications are developed for a specific OS platform using the associated software development kit (SDK). Their strength is that you can leverage those hardware features previously mentioned. Their downside is that you have to write different code for each mobile OS (like Objective-C for iOS devices and Java for Android).

Another application type which is growing in popularity is known as a hybrid mobile application. The idea is that you can leverage common web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) but get the experience of a native application. (more…)